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  2. List of Arkansas placenames of Native American origin

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    Arkansas County, Arkansas – from the Illinois rendering of the tribal autonym kką:ze, which the Miami and Illinois used to refer to the Quapaw. [1] Arkansas River; Mississippi County, Arkansas. Mississippi River; Ouachita County, Arkansas – named after the Ouachita people. Village of Ouachita; Lake Ouachita; Ouachita River; Ouachita Mountains

  3. Culture of Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    The culture of Arkansas is a subculture of the Southern United States that has come from blending heavy amounts of various European settlers' cultures with the cultures of African slaves and Native Americans. Southern culture remains prominent in the rural Arkansas delta and south Arkansas.

  4. List of place names of Native American origin in the United ...

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    Miami – Native American name for Lake Okeechobee and the Miami River, precise origin debated; see also Mayaimi [44] Micanopy – named after Seminole chief Micanopy. Myakka City – from unidentified Native American language. Ocala – from Timucua meaning "Big Hammock".

  5. Quapaw - Wikipedia

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    The Quapaw (/ ˈ k w ɔː p ɔː / KWAW-paw, [2] Quapaw: Ogáxpa) or Arkansas, officially the Quapaw Nation, [3] is a U.S. federally recognized tribe comprising about 6,000 citizens. . Also known as the Ogáxpa or “Downstream” people, their ancestral homelands are traced from what is now the Ohio River, west to the Mississippi River to present-day St. Louis, south across present-day ...

  6. Indigenous languages of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Looking at families rather than individual languages, he found a rate of 30% of families/protolanguages in North America, all on the western flank, compared to 5% in South America and 7% of non-American languages – though the percentage in North America, and especially the even higher number in the Pacific Northwest, drops considerably if ...

  7. Spiro Mounds - Wikipedia

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    Similar beings were the subject of myth in historic times among the Micmac, Huron, Kickapoo, Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Caddo, and other Native American tribes, representing at least three major language families. The spiritual beings of the Under World were thought to be in constant opposition to those in the Upper World.

  8. Category:Native American tribes in Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    10 languages. العربية ... Pages in category "Native American tribes in Arkansas" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.

  9. Quapaw language - Wikipedia

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    Quapaw, or Arkansas, is a Siouan language of the Quapaw people, originally from a region in present-day Arkansas. It is now spoken in Oklahoma . It is similar to the other Dhegihan languages : Kansa , Omaha , Osage and Ponca .